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Educational Survey of 

Tattnall County 

Georgia 



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M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent 



No. II 




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Under the Direction of the 

6^^ V DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 



M. L. BRITTAIN 

State Superintende7it of Schools 

1916 







Hon. I. S. Smith, C. S. S. 
Tattnall County 



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COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF 
EDUCATION. 

1. Hon. W. H. Yeomaiis, Member Board of Education; 2, 
Hon. I. S. Smith, County Superintendent of Schools; 3, Hon. 
M. J. Banks, Member Board of Education : 4, Hon. W. G. Round- 
tree, Member Board of Education ; 5, Hon. W. Wood, Mem- 
ber Board of Education ; 6, Hon. T. S. McCall, Chairman Board 
of Education. 



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Miss Maggie Bethea, 
Home Economics Demonstrator 




O. T. Harper, 
Farm Demonstration Agent 



TATTNALL COUNTY SCHOOLS 



The greatest liindrauce to the further development of tlie 
public schools of Tattnall Conntv is the lack of any satisfactory 
system of sufficient maintenance. 

Depending solely upon the State for any guarantee of reg- 
ular and permanent source of maintenance not very much 
more satisfactory progress can reasonably be expected than 
has already been accomplished. The individual interest of dif- 
ferent patrons at different times can not be relied upon for 
satisfactory and permanent school improvement or adequate 
maintenance. The educational interests of the county's chil- 
dren ought to be better guaranteed. A county-wide local school 
tax is the only plan that has universally and permanently 
succeeded. 

At two elections the people of the county have failed to 
give this measure the requisite two-thirds majority; but here, 
as everywhere else, a constantly increasing number of voters 
seems to favor "local taxation" as they become more interested 
in their schools, and think more of business-like methods of 
their maintenance. It is, therefore, confidently believed that 
the people of Tattnall County will soon follow the lead of other 
progressive counties and put the maintenance of their public 
schools upon the sure foundation of "local taxation." 

It would seem, from a careful investigation, that the schools 
of the county have now attained about as much of real progress 
as is possible to them until there is provided a better plan of 
support. 

Administration has been vigorous; supervision has been 
constant, close, and professional ; the teaching is generally 
as good as can be expected under existing conditions; but 
results cannot be satisfactory under the prevailing short terms 
and poor equipments. The exceptional districts in the county 
furnish ample proofs of the above contentions. For the sake 



of the children it is earnestly hoped that "local taxation" 
will not much longer be withheld from the public schools. 

Hitherto the main efforts have been directed towards the 
teaching-, rather than the conditions under which the teaching 
is being done. As a consequence the teaching force of the 
county is generally good. But unless better conditions and 
longer terms are soon provided strong- teachers will leave for 
better places which are calling for them. The inducement to 
leave will be constantly before the best teachers, and the diffi- 
culty in holding- efficient teachers will increase with their 
increasing eft'iciency. 

The individual and personal eft'orts of the teachers and pa- 
trons at all of the schools have lately resulted in raising, by 
subscriptions, box suppers, and otherwise, considerable amounts 
for improving the very meager school equipment, and this is 
commendable, and in a way, encouraging-. But the educa- 
tional interests of tlu^ county's children is of too great con- 
cern to be dependent upon individual interest or indifference. 
The county should take care of its highest interests in a more 
certain, liberal and permanent way. A county can no more ex- 
pect individual and local interests and resources to build and 
maintain any satisfactory and suft'icient system of public 
schools than for similar policies to build and maintain a satis- 
factory and suft'icient system of public roads. It is at least as 
important to Tattnall County to have permanent and satis- 
factory public schools as to have permanent and satisfactory 
public roads. Both are imperative, and the county will not 
much longer deny herself the benefits of either. Perhaps no 
county is building better public roads than Tattnall, and let 
this soon be said also of her public schools. 

The recent activities at ^practically all of the schools of 
the county, which have resulted in repairing and repainting 
many of the school houses, enclosing school grounds, building 
toilets, providing a somewhat better school equipment, etc., 
etc., are most commendable, and encouraging chiefly in that 
they give evidence of increasing interest in the cause. But let no 
one be satisfied at this, or deceived into believing that the 
problem of building better schools can ever be fully or perma- 
nently solved in this way. By similar spasmodic individual and 
local efforts we have in the past sometimes seen short pieces 



of the public roads greatly improved : but never all of them 
made good or any of them made permanently so. 

The public spirit and liberality of the county in its co- 
operation with the U. S. Department of Agriculture in main- 
taining both the Farm and Home Economics Demonstratio.i 
work can not be too highly commended. Mr. 0. T. Harper 
and Miss Maggie Bethea, representing these two educational 
and economic interests, and both of whom are furnished sep- 
arate offices in the County Court House, work in perfect har- 
mony and co-operation with the county school authorities. 

The well organized and active women's clubs in the county, 
fully recognized and appreciated by the county school officials, 
are doing constructive work for the schools. This is particu- 
larly noticeable at Reidsville and Glenn ville. 

ADULT ILLITERACY WORK. 

No survey of the schools of Tattnall County would l)e com- 
.plete which overlooked the great work accomplished in the 
"Moonlig-ht Schools." Under leadership of the county su- 
IDerintendent this was among the first counties in Georgia that 
undertook systematically to teach adults, and now only about 
two dozen white adults are left in the entire county who are 
unable to read and write. These Avill be reached before the 
year ends. 

Many have been carried as far as the fourth or fifth grades, 
and some are ambitious to go farther. 

It will be seen in this report that the work is being done at 
nearly all of the schools of the county. ^lany of them deserve 
special mention, but si)ace here forbids. Their story will, how- 
ever, be written in detail for the inspiration and information 
of other teachers in other counties. But attention may here 
be called to one of the largest and most successful "Night Clas- 
ses" in the State under Prof. J. M. Harvey, at Glennville, Ga., 
consisting of thirty-six members ; and to the class of Miss 
Thompson, at Mile Hill School, organized three years ago, and 
now doing fourth and fifth grade work. We also give the 
photographs of these two classes made especially for this sur- 
vey. 



RECOMMENDATION. 

THE ONE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WILE MAKE 
TO THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND PEOPLE OF TATT- 
NALL COUNTY IS A COUNTY-WIDE LOCAL SCHOOL 
TAX FOR THE BETTER SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS. 

A better system of maintenance is at the bottom of the so- 
lution of all the other school problems. 




LONG VIEW SCHOOL. 
(A Standard School.) 

Teachers : Miss'Berta Stanf ield, Principal, Manassas, Ga. ; Miss 
Minta Smith, Assistant, Manassas, Ga. 

Grounds: Area, 1 acre; titles in local trustees; yards well 
fenced; clean and well kept; good playgrounds; no 
school garden ; 2 toilets, in good condition. 

Building: Value, $800; 2 class rooms, and library room also 
used for exhibits ; barely enough light ; cloak rooms ; 
painted; in good repair, and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; fairly good blackboards; 
charts; globe; 13 maps; reference dictionary; good li- 
brary, 500 volumes; organ; flags; illustrative materials 
and school exhibits ; individual drinking cups. 

Organization : Two teachers ; 8 grades ; 89 pupils ; programs 
posted; sewing, construction work, etc.; school debating 
society; community debating club; women's school im- 
provement club ; school year 32 weeks ; moonlight school 
organized. 




COLLINS SCHOOL. 
(A Standard School.) 

Teachers: J. M. Lutes, Principal; Miss Bertie Wood, Miss Pearl 
Collins, Miss Azalia Harris. 

Grounds: Large, elevated lot in the town of Collins; titles in 
the local trustees; large playgrounds; yards well kept; 
2 toilets, in good condition ; no school gardens. 

Building: Value, $14,000 (brick) ; 6 good class rooms and au- 
ditorium ; well lighted ; cloak rooms ; building in good re- 
pair and well kept. 

Equipment: Single patent desks and good teachers' desks; 
first-class blackboards ; sets of maps mounted in case ; 
charts; framed pictures; no globe; reference dictionary 
on stand ; no library ; flags, flowers, etc. ; well on lot not 
good ; water from a distance ; buckets ; dippers. 

Organization: Four teachers; 9 grades; 200 pupils; programs 
posted; literary and domestic science clubs; 36 weeks' 
school year ; splendid moonlight school organized. 




LYNN'S BRIDGE SCHOOL. 

Teacher : Miss Pearl Moseley, Collins, Ga. 

Location: Four and one-half miles west of Collins. 

Grounds : Area, 1 acre ; titles in trnstees ; located in oak grove ; 
yard fenced ; otherwise nnimproved ; no school gardens ; 
very small playgrounds ; no toilets. 

Building-: Value, $300; 1 class room; no cloak rooms; un- 
ceiled ; unpainted ; school room clean and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; poor blackboards; 1 chart; 
,U. S. history and county maps; no globe; no reference 
dictionary ; 1 framed picture ; organ ; very small library ; 
water at pump ; common dippers. 

Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 42 pupils; a literary so- 
ciety organized ; program posted ; school year, 22 weeks ; 
moonlight school organized. 



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JENNIE SCHOOL. 
(A Standard School.) 

Teachers: Miss Rosa Freeman, Principal; Miss Ruth Hodges, 
Assistant, P. 0. Daisy, Ga., R. 2. 

Location: Four miles west to Eunice; 4 miles northeast to 
Cherry Grove. 

Grounds: Area, 4 acres; titles in Board of Education; situa- 
ted in a very heautiful pine grove ; fenced ; yards well 
cleaned up ; otherwise unimproved ; small playgrounds ; 
good school gardens ; 2 toilets, in good condition. 

Building : Value, $800 : 2 class rooms ; no cloak rooms ; poorly 
lighted ; painted ; well kept building. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboards; 1 U. S. 
history map and a county soil survey map ; no charts ; 
globe ; framed pictures ; a reference dictionary ; no li- 
brary; flags; individual drinking cups. 

Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 72 pupils; a literary and 
debating club; no community clubs; 8 months" school 
year; splendid moonlight school organized. 



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LEW SCHOOL. 

Teachers: A. T. Bell, Principal; Mrs. A. T. IJell, Assistant. Lew, 
Ga. ; Lola Knight, I^ew, Ga. 

Location: Three miles south to Vance; 31/2 miles east to Ennice. 

Grounds: Area, "2 acres; titles in local trnstees ; open, bare, un- 
improved; well cleaned up; ample playgrounds; no 
school gardens ; 2 toilets, in good condition. 

Building: Value, ^2,000; 3 class rooms; cloak rooms; barely 
well lighted, except as to one new room ; ceiled, but un- 
painted inside; ])ainted outside; in good condition and 
well kept. 

Equipment: Single patent desks; poor blackboards; U. S., 
State, county, and county soil survey maps ; no charts ; 
no globes ; framed pictures ; reference dictionary ; li- 
brary; flags, etc.; very poor heating stoves; good well 
on lot ; individual drinking cups at well. 

Organization: Three teachers; 8 grades; 116 pupils; sewing; 
school improvement club; eight months" school year; 
moonlight school organized. 



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BAGG'S MILL SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Lncile Kicklighter, Reidsville, Ga. 

Location: Three miles east to Stoney Hill; 3% miles west to 
Shiloh ; 3I/2 miles nortli to Battle Creek. 

Grounds: Area, 2 acres; titles in board of education; elevated, 
rolling, open, unimproved ; yards well cleaned up ; ample 
playgrounds ; no school gardens ; 1 toilet, in good con- 
dition. 

Building: Value, $700; 1 class room; cloak rooms; lighting ex- 
cellent ; painted inside and outside ; a well-planned build- 
ing; well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboards; 1 U. S. 
history map ; no charts ; no globe ; no library ; a reference 
dictionary; Hags, etc.; water at well on lot; common 
dippers. 

Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 27 pupils; 5i/^ months' 
school year; no organized school clubs; splendid moon- 
light school organized. 



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EUDORA SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Wood. Principal, Manassas, Ga.; Mrs. Wood, Assis- 
tant, Manassas, Ga. 

Location: Four miles east of Fairliaven. 

Grounds: Area, 3 acres; titles in trustees (10 acres of- 
fered for the proposed new school here); situated in 
very beautiful pine grove ; entirely unimproved. 

Building: Value, $500; 2 class rooms; no cloak rooms; poorly 
lighted; ceiled, but nnpainted; entirely inadequate to 
needs of school. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; poor blackboards; U. S. 
history and county maps; no charts; no globe; a refer- 
ence dictionary; small library, in good case; well on 
lot. 

Organization: Two teachers; 9 grades; 101 pupils; program 
posted; no organized clubs; school year 28 weeks; no 
moonlight school organized. 



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FAIRHAVEN SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Lida Anderson, Reidsville, Ga. 

Location: Four and one-half miles east of Reidsville. 

Grounds : Area, 1 acre ; titles in trustees ; yards well cleaned 
u}) and well kept; otherwise unimproved; no school gar- 
dens; good playgrounds; 1 toilet, in good condition. 

Bmlding-: Value, $500; 1 class room; cloak rooms; well lighted; 
ceiled, hut unpainted inside ; painted outside ; well kept. 

Equipment: Douhle patent desks; poor hlackboards; Georgia, 
county, II. S., and county soil survey maps ; no charts ; no 
globe ; reference dictionary ; no library ; water at well on 
lot ; individual drinking cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 36 pupils; program post- 
ed ; weekly debating club ; school year 22 weeks ; no il- 
literates in the district. 



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HEBRON SCHOOL. 

Teacher: E. J. MuUin, Cobbtowii, Ga. 

Location: Three miles east to Cobbtowii; 5 miles south to 
Yeomaiis. 

Grounds: Area, 1 acre; titles in trustees; elevated lot hi grove 
of small oaks ; unimproved and neglected ; small play- 
grounds ; no school gardens; 1 toilet, in average condi- 
tion. 

Building: Value, $650; 2 class rooms; no cloak rooms; insuffi- 
ciently lighted; ceiled, but unpainted; not well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; very poor blackboards; 1 
U. S. history map (damaged); no charts; no globe; no 
pictures ; no library ; no reference dictionary ; well on 
lot; open buckets; common dippers. 

Organization: One teacher; 6 grades; 60 pupils; no organized 
clubs; 51^ months' school year; no moonlight school or- 
ganized. 




MATLOCK SCHOOL. 

Teachers: W. M. Lynn, Principal, Glennville, Ga. ; Miss Annie 
F. Randall, Assistant, Glennville, Ga. 

Location: Two and one-half miles east to Glennville; 414 
miles southeast to Unity. 

Grounds: Area, 1 acre; titles in trustees; open, bare; yards 
well fenced ; well cleaned up ; no school gardens ; ample 
playgrounds; 1 toilet, in had condition. 

Building : Value, $700 ; 2 class rooms ; cloak rooms ; veranda ; 
lighted ; ceiled ; painted ; in good condition and well 
kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboards; U. S. 
history, county, and county soil survey maps; no charts; 
no globe ; no pictures ; reference dictioimry ; small library 
with good case ; water at pump ; individual drinking 
cups. 

Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 82 pupils; xerogram 
l)0sted ; semi-monthly debating club; 22 weeks' school 
year; no moonlight school organized. 




MOORE'S SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Annie Jordan, lieidsvilk', Ga. 

Location: Three miles east to Sliiloh; 4 miles west to Reidsville. 

Grounds : Area, 1 acre ; titles in trustees ; in grove of small 
oaks; grounds unimproved and neglected; yard clean; 
small playgrounds ; no school gardens ; no toilets. 

Building-: Value, $300; 1 class room; no cloak rooms; lighting 
medium; uni)ainted; building unfinished and not well 
kept. 

Equipment: Home-nuule doul)le desks; very poor blackboards; 
State and county soil survey mai>s; no charts; no globes; 
pictures ; no library ; no reference dictionary ; water at 
well on lot ; common dipper. 

Organization: One teacher; 6 grades; 28 pupils; S^/o months' 
school year ; moonlight school organized. 



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CEDAR CREEK SCHOOL. 

Teachers: R. H. Peek, Collins, Ga.; Ruth Kennedy, Collins, Ga. 

Location: Four miles east of Yeonians. 

Grounds : Area, 1 acre ; titles in trustees ; elevated location in 
fine pine grove ; yards fenced ; improved playgrounds, 
tennis, etc; school gardens; 1 toilet, in good condition. 

Building: Value, .$700; 2 class rooms; no cloak rooms; 1 room 
well lighted ; ceiled, but unpainted ; in good repair and 
fairly well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; poor blackboards; U. S. and 
county maps ; no charts ; no globe ; reference dictionary 
on stand ; no framed pictures ; library, 100 vols, in good 
case ; sand tables ; decorative flags, etc. ; well on lot ; 
open buckets ; individual dippers. 

Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 71 pupils; program 
posted; sewing club; literary society; school year, 22 
weeks; no moonlight school organized. 



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CEDAR GROVE SCHOOL. 

Teachers : Asa Sikes, Principal, Elza, Ga. ; Miss Ruth Rustiii, 
Assistant, Elza, Ga. 

Location : Five miles south to Altamaha ; 6 miles north to Oak- 
dale. 

Grounds : Area, 2 acres ; titles in trustees ; open, elevated lot ; 
fenced, otherwise unimproved; school gardens; ample 
play grounds ; 1 toilet, in good condition. 

Building: Value, $800; 2 class rooms; cloak rooms; sufficiently, 
hut improperly lighted ; unpainted ; school rooms well 
kept. 

Equipment: Double patent and home-made desks; blackboards 
good in one room, poor in the other; U. S. history and 
State maps; no charts; no globes; framed pictures; no 
library; no reference dictionary; individual desk dic- 
tionaries; organ; large U. S. flag; well on lot; bubbling 
fount; common dippers. 

Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 91 pupils; program 
posted; weekly debating society; a community club in 
contemplation; 22 weeks' school year; splendid moon- 
light school organized. The teacher organized a class in 
an adjoining school district. 



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GLENNVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. 
(A Standard School.) 

Teachers: J. M. Harvey, Principal (9th & 10th grades) ; J. D. 
Harvey (8th, 9th and 10th grades) ; Miss Emma Saund- 
ers (6th and 7th grades) ; Miss Ruby Holbrook (4th and 
5th grades) ; Miss Lera Smith (2d and 3d grades) ; Miss 
Jnanita Strickland (1st and 2d grades) ; Miss Rena 
Brannen (1st grade). 

Grounds: Area, 4 acres; titles in city council; well and con- 
veniently located ; level lot ; fenced and well-kept hedges ; 
ample playgrounds ; school gardens ; sanitary toilets 
carefully looked after; grounds being further improved 
and well kept. 

Building: Value, ^15.000; brick; 7 standard class rooms; well 
appointed building for manual training shops; good 
heating plant ; all rooms well and properly lighted ; city 
water; drinking fountains; building well kept. 

Equipment: Single patent desks in suitable sizes; teachers' 
desks; fairly good blackboards; good supply maps; 
charts ; globes ; framed pictures ; sand tables ; flags ; wea- 
ther calendars; reference dictionaries in each room; 



booklets, display school work, etc. ; library, 200 vols. ; 
domestic science equipment. 

Organization: Seven teachers; 10 grades; 859 pupils; domes- 
tic science ; manual training ; 2 literary societies ; active 
parent-teachers' association; NIGHT SCHOOL FOR 
ADULT ILLITERATES WITH CLASS OF THIRTY- 
EIGHT. LARGEST IN THE COUNTY. 




Adnlt Night Class, numbering 38, at Glennville, Ga. ; J. M. Harvey, Teacher. 



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TYSON SCHOOL. 

Teachers: D. J. Shaw, Principal; Miss Lillia Stanfield, Assis- 
tant, P. 0. Glennville, Ga. 

Location: Four and one-half miles east to Matlock; 41/2 miles 
west to Stone Hill. 

Grounds: Area, 2 acres; titles in board of education; grounds 
well cleaned up ; well fenced ; playgrounds ample, but 
little improved; school gardens; 2 toilets, in good con- 
dition. 

Building-: Value, $1,000; 2 class rooms; veranda; cloak rooms; 
lighting medium ; ceiled ; painted inside ; painted out- 
side ; well kept. 

Equipment: Single patent desks; teachers' desks; good black- 
boards; U. S. and county soil survey maps; no charts; 
no globe; no library; framed pictures; reference dic- 
tionary ; water at well on lot ; individual drinking cups. 

Organization: Two teachers; 9 grades; 54 pupils; weekly de- 
bating club; 51/2 months' school year; no moonlight 
school organized. 



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EUNICE SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Miss Sudie Grimes, Principal; Miss Rosie Butler, 
Assistant. 

Location: Fonr miles east to Jennie; 4 miles west to Union. 

Grounds : Area, 1 acre ; titles in trustees ; entirely unimproved ; 
yards cleaned up ; ample playgrounds ; no school gar- 
dens; 1 toilet, in bad condition. 

Building: Value, $750; 2 class rooms; veranda, but no cloak 
rooms ; insufficiently lighted ; ceiled, but unpainted ; well 
kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; very poor blackboards; no 
maps, except a county soil survey map ; no charts ; no 
globe ; no framed pictures ; no library ; no reference 
dictionary ; water at pump on lot ; common dippers. 

Organization: Two teachers; 7 grades; 75 pupils; no clubs or- 
ganized; 5I/2 months' school year; splendid moonlight 
school organized. 



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ALTAMAHA SCHOOL. 

Teachers : Miss Kathleen Burns, Reidsville, Ga., R. F. D. ; Miss 
Miriam Stanfield, Reidsville, Ga., R. F. D. 

Location: Five miles north to Cedar Grove; 71^ miles east to 
Oak Grove. 

Grounds : Area, 1 acre ; titles in trustees ; adjacent to churcli 
lot ; open, bare, unimproved ; neglected ; no school gar- 
dens; small playgrounds; 1 toilet, in average condition. 

Building : Value, $400 ; 2 class rooms ; no cloak rooms ; insufifi- 
eiently lighted ; unfinished ; uupainted ; not well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent and home-made desks; poor black- 
boards ; no maps ; no charts ; no globe ; no pictures ; no 
reference dictionary; no library; (.$28.00 in hand for the 
purchase of a better equipment) ; water from a neigh- 
bor's well; cooler; common dippers. 

Organization: Two teachers; 7 grades: 55 pupils; program 
posted; weekly debating club; 22 weeks' school year; 
moonlight school organized by a teacher in another dis- 
trict. 



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OAK DALE SCHOOL. 



Teacher: F. C. Randall, Elza, Ga. 

Location: Five miles east to Reidsville ; 6 miles south to Cedar 
Grove. 

Grounds : Area, 2 acres ; titles in trustees ; open field with small 
oaks ; fenced, otherwise unimproved ; yards well cleaned 
up; ample playgrounds; school gardens; 2 toilets, in fair 
condition. 

Building": Value, $400; 2 class rooms; no cloak rooms; insulfi- 
ciently lighted (windows too small and too low) ; un- 
ceiled ; unpainted ; well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; poor blackboards; 1 U. S. 
history map ; no charts ; no globe ; no framed pictures; li- 
brary, 175 vols., in good case ; reference dictionary ; 
flags, etc.; well on lot; open buckets; common dippers. 

Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 46 pupils; program post- 
ed; weekly debating club; 28 weeks' school year; moon- 
light school organized. 




OAK GROVE SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Mattie Rushing, Glenn ville, Ga. 

Location: Four miles east to Dinner Branch; 71/2 miles west to 
Alt am ah a. 

Grounds : Area, 1 acre ; titles in trustees ; live oaks and pines 
on lot ; entirely unimproved ; small yards clean ; no school 
gardens; very small playgrounds; 1 toilet, in poor con- 
dition. 

Building: Value, $250; 1 class room; no cloak rooms; well 
lighted ; unceiled ; unpainted ; fairly well kept. 

Equipment: Double home-made desks; poor blackboards; coun- 
ty and county soil survey maps ; no charts ; no globe ; no 
pictures; no reference dictionary; no library; water at 
pump ; common dippers. 

Organization: One teacher: 7 grades; 32 pupils; program 
posted; no organized clubs; 22 weeks' school year; no 
moonlight school organized. 



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ELLA GROVE SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Mary Lizzie MeCord, Gleimville, Ga. 

Location: Two miles southwest to Gleimville ; 21/2 miles south to 
Buck Branch. 

Grounds: Area, 1 acre; titles in local trustees; open lot with 
pines; fenced; ample playgrounds; fine school garden; 
2 toilets, in good condition ; grounds well kept. 

Building: Value, $800; 2 class rooms; veranda; cloak rooms; 
lighting medium (windows too low) ; painted inside; un- 
painted outside ; rooms very neat and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; teachers' desk; good black- 
boards; 1 U. S. history map; no chart; small globe; 
framed pictures and flags; no reference dictionary; set 
of encyclopedias; bubbling fountain in room. 

Organization: One teacher; 6 grades; 44 pupils; a literary so- 
ciety meets occasionally ; Si/o months' school year ; moon- 
light school organized. 







BUCK BRANCH SCHOOL. 
(A Standard School.) 

Teacher: E. A. W. Cochran, Gleiiiiville, Ga. 

Location: Two and one-half miles west to Glennville ; 3 miles 
north to Ella Grove ; 5 miles southwest to Unity. 

Grounds : Area, 1 acre ; titles in trustees ; situated on a sloping 
lot with pines and large oaks ; grounds well cleaned off ; 
small school gardens ; small playgrounds ; 2 toilets, in 
good condition. 

Building: Value $500; 1 class room ; cloak rooms; well lighted: 
painted inside and outside ; well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboards; U. S. his- 
tory map; no charts; no globe; framed pictures; no 
reference dictionary ; no library ; flags, sand tables, etc ; 
well on lot ; water served at well ; individual cups. 

Org-anization : One teacher; 7 grades; 49 pupils; program post- 
ed; literary society organized; 32 weeks' school year; 
moonlight school organized. 



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BETHESDA SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Miss Mattie Price, Principal; Miss Bonnie Parrish, 
Assistant, P. 0. Cobbtown, Ga. 

Location: Three miles east to Mile Hill; 6 miles west to Cobb- 
town. 

Grounds : Area, 1 acre ; titles in trnstees ; grove of small oaks ; 
fenced ; yards well cleaned np ; small playgronnds ; 
school gardens ; 2 toilets, in average condition. 

Building-: Valne, $700; 1 class room (divided by a cnrtain) ; 
no cloak rooms; insniit'iciently lighted; painted; in good 
repair and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks ; teachers' desk ; medium black- 
boards ; U. S., Georgia, and county maps ; charts ; globe ; 
framed pictures (good selection) ; a reference dictionary; 
no library; water at well on lot; individual drinking 
cups. 

Organization: Two teachers; 6 grades; 60 pupils; no organ- 
ized clubs; 51/2 months' school year; no moonlight school 
ized clubs; 51/0 months" school year; no illiterates in 
district. 



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APPLETON SCHOOL. 

Teacher: ]\Iiss Roro Strippling, Glennville, Ga. 

Location: Five miles south to Dinner Branch; 6 miles north- 
Avest to Tison. 

Grounds: Area, 1 acre; titles in trustees; situated in a fine orig- 
inal pine forest ; lot unimproved ; yards clean ; no school 
gardens; small playgrounds; 2 toilets, in good condition. 

Building : Value. $300 ; 1 class room ; no cloak rooms : barely 
Avell lighted ; unfinished ; unpainted ; well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; poor blackboards; U. S. 
history map ; no charts ; no globe ; framed pictures ; wa- 
ter at pump ; individual drinking cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 47 pupils; program 
posted ; literary society organized ; school year, 22 weeks ; 
moonlight school organized. 



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CHERRY GROVE SCHOOL. 

Teacher: C. H. Brown, Daisy, Ga. 

Location: Four miles soiitlnvest to Jennie, near Evans County 
line. 

Grounds: Area, 1 acre; titles probably in a Baptist eliurcli ad- 
joining; in a fine pine grove; 1 large cherry tree; yards 
clean, but uninii)roved ; small playgrounds ; no school 
garden ; 2 toilets, in poor condition. 

Building-: \^alue, .+1,000; two-story; 2 class rooms; cloak rooms; 
poorly lighted ; ceiled, but unpainted ; in good condition 
and Avell kept ; floors oiled. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; poor blackboards; no maps; 
no charts ; no globe ; no pictures ; no library ; a refer- 
ence dictionary; water at well on lot; common dippers. 

Organization: One teacher; 8 grades; 42 pupils; no organized 
clubs; 51/2 months' school year; no illiterates in the dis- 
trict. 



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UNITY SCHOOL. 

Teacher: S. L. Gaskins, Glennville, Ga. 

Location: Five miles south of Glennville. 

Grounds : Area, 1 acre ; titles in trustees ; live oak grove ; lot 
unimproved ; yards cleaned up ; no school gardens ; small 
playgrounds ; 1 toilet, in average condition. 

Building': Value. .$500: 1 class room; no cloak rooms; insuffi- 
ciently lighted ; ceiled, painted ; in good condition, and 
Avell kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboards; no charts; 
no globe : no framed pictures ; library ; a reference dic- 
tionary ; water at pump ; individual cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 6 grades; 54 pupils; program 
posted; no organized clubs; school year, 22 weeks; 
moonlight school organized. 



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BEARD'S CREEK SCHOOL. 

Teachers: J. 0. Bacon, Principal; Miss Luna Belle Easterling, 
Assistant, P. 0. Glennville, Ga. 

Location: Four miles south to Ella Grove; 4^^ miles north to 
Jennie. 

Grounds: Area, 50 acres; titles in Baptist church adjoining; 
situated among some fine live oaks; fenced, but entire 
lot neglected ; small playgrounds ; no school gardens ; 
toilets (?). 

Building: Value (?); 2 class rooms; no cloak rooms; very 
poorly lighted ; ceiled, but unpainted ; well cleaned up. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboards; good set 
maps mounted in ease ; chart ; no globe ; no pictures ; 
no library; a reference dictionary and stand; open 
buckets ; common dippers. 

Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 67 pupils; weekly de- 
bating club; 5I/2 months' school year; moonlight school 
organized. 



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REIDSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. 

(A Standard School.) 

Teachers: Geo. R. Wheeler, Principal, Latin e^ Mathematics; 
Miss Jennie Kicklighter, 7th grade and History ; Miss 
Marilii Bridges, 5th and 6th grades; Miss Hessie Newton, 
4th grade and English ; Miss Kate Freeman, 3d and 4th 
grades ; Miss Lula Smith, 1st grade ; Miss Murphy, Music. 

Grounds: Area, 5 acres; titles in city council; grounds im- 
proved and fenced; ample playgrounds improved ; school 
gardens ; sanitary toilets in building. 

Building: Value, $16,000; brick; 6 class rooms and auditorium; 
cloak rooms; domestic science room; music room; libra- 
ry, etc.; well lighted; in good condition and well ke])t. 

Equipment: Single patent desks; teachers' desks; good black- 
boards; good set maps, mounted in case; charts; globes; 
an excellent selection of framed pictures; reference dic- 
tionaries ; a good equipment for teaching domestic sci- 
ence ; library, 400 vols. ; bubbling fountains in building, 
city water. 

Organization: Seven teachers; 10 grades; 270 pupils; literary 
societies; 9 months' school year; splendid moonlight 
school organized. 



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UNION SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Miss Susie Oduiii, Glennville, Ga. 

Location: Three miles north to Eunice; 3 miles west to Lew; 3 
miles south to Vance. 

Grounds : Area, 1 acre ; titles in trustees ; bare ; fenced : other- 
wise unimproved ; small playgrounds ; no school gar- 
dens; 1 toilet, in average condition. 

Building: Value, $500; 2 class rooms; veranda; cloak rooms; 
insufficiently and imj)roperly lighted; ceiled, hut un- 
])ainted : well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboards; U. S., 
county, and soil survey maps; no charts; globe: framed 
pictures ; reference dictionary and stand ; large tiag ; li- 
brary ordered ; water at pump on lot ; individual cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 42 pupils; weekly debat- 
ing club; 51/2 months' school year; splendid moonlight 
school organized. 



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YEOMANS SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Lester Anderson, Principal, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th 
grades ; Miss Ruby Jordan, 3d and 4th grades ; Miss Ruby 
Hooks, 1st and 2d grades; Miss Queen Collins, primer 
class. 

Location : Four miles east to Cedar Creek ; 4 miles south to Col- 
lins ; 5 miles northwest to Cobbtown. 

Grounds : Area, 2 acres ; titles in trustees ; situated upon rolling 
grounds, with some fine pines ; fenced ; school gardens ; 
small playgrounds ; 2 toilets, in good condition. 

Building-: Value, $1,500; badly planned; 4 class rooms; cloak 
rooms ; insufficiently lighted ; in good repair and painted ; 
fairly well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; very poor blackboards; 1 
U. S. history map ; no charts ; no globes ; a few pictures ; 
library of 100 vols.; reference dictionary; large U. S. 
flag on pole; water at well on lot; common dippers (a 
few individual cups). 

Org"anization : Four teachers; 8 grades; 165 pupils; organized 
debating club; 51/2 months' school year; splendid moon- 
light school organized. 



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STONEY HILL SCHOOL. 

Teacher: 0. R. Sarten, Reidsville, Ga. 

Location: Three and one-half miles north to Battle Creek; 3 
miles west to Bragg 's Mill. 

Grounds : Area, 1 acre ; titles in trustees ; open, bare, unim- 
proved, except fenced yards ; small playgrounds ; no 
school gardens ; no toilets. 

Building": Value, $650; 1 class room; no cloak rooms; well 
lighted ; ceiled inside ; painted outside ; well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; poor blackboards; U. S. his- 
tory, State and county maps ; charts ; no globes ; pic- 
tures ; library ; reference dictionary ; individual drinking 
cups at well on lot. 

Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 32 pupils; no organized 
clubs; 51/^ months' school year; no illiterates in the dis- 
trict. 



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SHILOH SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Nannie Elliot, Glennville, Ga. 

Location: Three miles northwest to Moores. 

Grounds : Area, 1 acre ; titles in trustees ; situated in a beautiful 
pine grove ; grounds entirely unimproved ; small play- 
grounds; no school gardens; 1 toilet, in average condi- 
tion. 

Building": Value, $400; 1 class room, size 24x60; lighting me- 
dium ; unpainted ; unfinished. 

Equipment : Double patent desks ; good blackboards ; U. S. 
history and a soil survey map ; no charts ; no globe ; no 
framed pictures; no library; reference dictionary; pump 
on lot ; open buckets ; common dippers ; $14.00 Avorth 
equipment ordered. 

Organization: One teacher; 8 grades; 33 pupils; 2 literary so- 
cieties organized; 51/2 months' school year; no illiterates 
in the district. 



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COBBTOWN HIGH SCHOOL. 

Teachers: W. W. Carter, Principal Ttlu 8th, and 9th grades; 
Mrs. W. W. Carter, 6th and primer grades; Miss Genie 
Daniels, 4th and 5th grades ; Miss Luella Weils, 2d and 
3d grades ; Miss Annie Elders, 1st grade. 

Grounds: Area, 3 acres; titles in trustees; open, with pines in 
backgrounds; fenced; fairly good playgrounds; no 
school gardens; 2 toilets, in good condition. 

Building: Value, $2,500 (two buildings); poorly planned; 5 
class rooms and auditorium ; cloak rooms added ; insufifi- 
ciently lighted ; ceiled and painted outside ; well kept. 

Equipment: Some rooms with patent desks, other with tables 
and chairs; medium blackboards; U. S., State, county, 
and county soil survey maps; globes; framed pictures; 
reference dictionaries: library of 150 vols.; water at 
well on lot. 

Organization: Four teachers; 9 grades; 205 pupils; no or- 
ganized clubs; 7 months' school year; splendid moonlight 
school organized. 



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BATTLE CREEK SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Kaiuie Kennedy, Reidsville, Ga. 

Location: Three miles southwest to Bragg 's Mill; 3 miles south 
to Stoney Hill; 3 miles west to Shiloh. 

Grounds : Area, 1 acre ; titles in trustees ; grove of small oaks ; 
fenced; other improvements under way; small play- 
grounds; school gardens; 1 toilet, in good condition and 
screened. 

Building: A^alue, $400; 1 class room; no cloak rooms; insuffi- 
ciently lighted ; ceiled, but unpainted ; well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboards; 1 U. S. 
history map; charts; no globe; framed pictures; no li- 
brary; reference dictionary; flags, etc.; well on lot; open 
buckets ; common dippers. 

Organization: One teacher; 9 grades; 27 pupils; literary so- 
ciety; 51/2 months' school year; no illiterates in district. 




MILE HILL SCHOOL. 
(A Standard School.) 

Teacher: Miss Lily Thompson, Manassas, Ga. 

Location: Three miles northwest to Bethesda; 3 miles southeast 
to Longview. 

Grounds : Area, 2 acres ; titles in board of education ; rolling ; 
fenced ; improvements begun ; ample playgrounds ; school' 
gardens (flower and vegetable) ; 2 toilets, in good con- 
dition. 

Building: Value, $650; 1 class room; cloak rooms; small li- 
brary room ; lighting ideal ; painted ; w^ell kept ; well 
planned building. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; teachers' desk; poor black- 
boards ; U. S. history. State, county and county soil sur- 
vey maps; no charts; no globes; framed pictures; li- 
brary ; reference dictionary ; organ ; flags, display sew- 
ing, etc., etc. ; water at well on lot ; individual drinking 
cups; individual basins and towels. 

Organisation: One teacher; 7 grades; 60 pupils; literary so- 
ciety; sewing club; adult illiteracy class very successful. 



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VANCE SCHOOL. 

Teacher: R. F. Dowdy, Hagaii, Ga. 

Location: Three miles northeast to Union. 

Grounds: Area (?) ; titles private; temporarily located; no im- 
provements ; very small jjlaygronnds ; no school gardens ; 
no toilets. 

Building: Value, $250; 1 class room; no cloak rooms; poorly 
lighted ; unpainted. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; poor blackboards; no maps, 
except 1 soil survey of county; no charts; no globe; no 
pictures ; no library ; a reference dictionary ; water from 
neighbor's well; covered cooler; individual drinking 
cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 6 grades; 28 pupils; 51/0 months' 
school year ; no organized clubs ; no moonlight class or- 
ganized. 



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DINNER BRANCH SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Mrs. J. D. McLeod, .Reidsville,,\6.a^ .. . . . .... 

Location: Three and-one^halfJmiles from nearest school.' 

Grounds: Area, 1 ucre; titles. in trustees; in good condition; 
small playgrounds; no school gardens; 1 toilet in poor 
condition. 

Building' : A^alue, $3£)Q ; 1; class- room ; no cloak roojns ; building 
in poor condition, but well kept,; iuapainted. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboards; maps; 
no charts ; no globe ; no library ; no reference dictionary ; 
no pictures. 

Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 25 pupils; program 
posted; 28 periods; 22 weeks' school year; a night 
school for adults.- 



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